title: Radiofrequency ablation of numerous premature ventricular contractions in a cardiac resynchronisation therapy patient: a long-term follow-up.
abstract: We present a case study of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) device who was repeatedly hospitalised due to heart failure (HF) exacerbations. A successful radiofrequency ablation of numerous premature ventricular contractions enabled the proper action of CRT and stabilised the patient's condition in NYHA II without HF subsequent hospitalisations during a 30 month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. mfarkowski@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michał Mirosław
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Farkowski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chwyczko
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sterliński
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Syska
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Szwed
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pytkowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*